Media again

["Kenneth Douglass" <KDOUGLAS@WVUHSC1.HSC.WVU.EDU>]

Radsafers:

I know that media treatment of radiation has been discussed 
extensively here so I don't mean to start a long thread, just vent a 
little.

My peeve is that TV reports studiously fail to mention that 
radioactivity is involved when they are showing something good or 
useful. My case in point is the Scientific American Frontiers program 
the other night. They used PET scans to show glucose utilization in 
the brain without ever saying the dread R-word. I have seen this 
before with DNA testing for example.

It would be helpful if they would at least mention radiation in a 
good contxt once in a while!

Ken




 
Kenneth H. Douglass, Ph.D.
Director, Radiation Safety
West Virginia University
West Virginia University Hospitals
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(304) 293-1549
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